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  • A sky very lofty and full of light, sun and moonbeams and a hundred stars.
  • آسمانی بس بلند و پر ضیا ** آفتاب و ماهتاب و صد سها

  • From the south-wind and from the north-wind and from the west-wind the gardens have (the appearance of) wedding-feasts and banquets.
  • از جنوب و از شمال و از دبور ** باغها دارد عروسیها و سور

  • Its marvels come not into (are beyond) description: why art thou in tribulation in this darkness?
  • در صفت ناید عجایبهای آن ** تو درین ظلمت چه‌ای در امتحان

  • (Why) dost thou drink blood on the gibbet of this narrow place (the womb) in the midst of confinement and filth and pain?”—
  • خون خوری در چارمیخ تنگنا ** در میان حبس و انجاس و عنا

  • It (the embryo), in virtue of its present state, would be incredulous, and would turn away from this message and would disbelieve it, 60
  • او بحکم حال خود منکر بدی ** زین رسالت معرض و کافر شدی

  • Saying, “This is absurd and is a deceit and delusion,” because the judgement of the blind has no imagination.
  • کین محالست و فریبست و غرور ** زانک تصویری ندارد وهم کور

  • Inasmuch as its (the embryo's) perception has not seen anything of the kind, its incredulous perception would not listen (to the truth);
  • جنس چیزی چون ندید ادراک او ** نشنود ادراک منکرناک او

  • Just as in this world the Abdál speak of that (other) world to the common folk,
  • همچنانک خلق عام اندر جهان ** زان جهان ابدال می‌گویندشان

  • Saying, “This world is an exceeding dark and narrow pit; outside is a world without scent or colour”:
  • کین جهان چاهیست بس تاریک و تنگ ** هست بیرون عالمی بی بو و رنگ

  • Naught (of their words) entered into the ear of a single one of them, for this (sensual) desire is a barrier huge and stout. 65
  • هیچ در گوش کسی زیشان نرفت ** کین طمع آمد حجاب ژرف و زفت

  • Desire closes the ear (and hinders it) from hearing; self-interest closes the eye (and hinders it) from beholding,
  • گوش را بندد طمع از استماع ** چشم را بندد غرض از اطلاع

  • Even as, in the case of the embryo, desire for the blood which is its nourishment in the low abodes
  • همچنانک آن جنین را طمع خون ** کان غذای اوست در اوطان دون

  • Debarred it from (hearkening to) the news of this world: it knows no breakfast but blood.
  • از حدیث این جهان محجوب کرد ** غیر خون او می‌نداند چاشت خورد

  • Story of those who ate the young elephant from greed and because they neglected the advice of the sincere counsellor.
  • قصه‌ی خورندگان پیل‌بچه از حرص و ترک نصیحت ناصح

  • Hast thou heard that in India a sage espied a party of friends?
  • آن شنیدی تو که در هندوستان ** دید دانایی گروهی دوستان

  • Left hungry, lacking provisions, and naked, they were coming from travel on a far road. 70
  • گرسنه مانده شده بی‌برگ و عور ** می‌رسیدند از سفر از راه دور

  • His wisdom's love was stirred (within him), and he gave them a fair greeting and blossomed like a rose-bush.
  • مهر داناییش جوشید و بگفت ** خوش سلامیشان و چون گلبن شکفت

  • “I know,” he said, “that anguish has gathered upon you from this Karbalá (of suffering) in consequence of hunger and emptiness;
  • گفت دانم کز تجوع وز خلا ** جمع آمد رنجتان زین کربلا

  • But, for God's sake, for God's sake, O illustrious company, let not your food be the young of the elephant!
  • لیک الله الله ای قوم جلیل ** تا نباشد خوردتان فرزند پیل

  • The elephant is in this direction that ye are now going; do not tear in pieces the elephant's offspring, but hearken (to me).
  • پیل هست این سو که اکنون می‌روید ** پیل‌زاده مشکرید و بشنوید

  • The young elephants are on your road: to hunt them down is what your hearts desire exceedingly. 75
  • پیل‌بچگانند اندر راهتان ** صید ایشان هست بس دلخواهتان

  • They are very weak and tender and very fat, but their mother is searching (after them and) lying in wait.
  • بس ضعیف‌اند و لطیف و بس سمین ** لیک مادر هست طالب در کمین

  • She will roam a hundred leagues' distance in quest of her children, moaning and making lament.
  • از پی فرزند صد فرسنگ راه ** او بگردد در حنین و آه آه

  • Fire and smoke issue from her trunk: beware of (hurting) those pitied (cherished) children of hers!”
  • آتش و دود آید از خرطوم او ** الحذر زان کودک مرحوم او

  • O son, the saints are God's children: (both) in (their) absence and presence (He is) well aware (of what befalls them).
  • اولیا اطفال حق‌اند ای پسر ** غایبی و حاضری بس با خبر

  • Do not deem absence (from Him) to be the result of imperfection on their part, for He takes vengeance for the sake of their spirits (which are one with Him). 80
  • غایبی مندیش از نقصانشان ** کو کشد کین از برای جانشان